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WELCOME to our Twitter chat on #RaceInTheMidwest, based on this report by @ColinGordon6. Stay tuned and please offer your own questions and comments! epi.org/publication/ra…
@ColinGordon6 Question 1. Why is the Midwest so segregated compared to other regions?
@ColinGordon6 Question 2. How did the manufacturing decline affect the racial disparities in economic opportunity and outcomes? #RaceInTheMidwest
@ColinGordon6 Question 3. Why are unions so helpful to black workers? #1u #RaceInTheMidwest
@ColinGordon6 Question 4. Has there been any progress in addressing racist public policies in the Midwest? #RaceInTheMidwest
@ColinGordon6 Question 5. How does education contribute to racial disparities? How does it fail to address core issues? #RaceInTheMidwest
@ColinGordon6 Question 7. How has mass incarceration affected black people in the Midwest?
Question 8. What are the best ways help close the racial gap in economic opportunity in the Midwest?
#RaceInTheMidwest
Question 9. How can policymakers ensure all people live in safe, healthy communities? #RaceIntheMidwest
Question 10. Don’t we have laws that are supposed to address civil rights and inequality? What has happened to those? #RaceInTheMidwest
Thanks to everyone who joined our enlightening #RaceInTheMidwest dicussion! Let's keep this important conversation going. @PolicyMattersOH @highroadCOWS @EARNetwork
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